cafe racer

I've got a weird grinding/whining noise coming from the clutch side case. It is coming from around the kick arm. I used a screw drive to isolate the noise and thats how I found the location. Neither me or a friend has any idea what it could be. We've replaced the clutch basket before we isolated...

When assembling te bike I noticed that I had cut off the brake switch bracket. Jut looking for a picture of a brake switch bracket. My xs is an 83 if that makes a difference in the bracket.

With the popularity of the cafe racer spiking in the last year or so. I was wondering what everyone thinks about these little gems I've attached. And then what do you think makes a cafe race a cafe racer?:bike:

Hey everyone Im new to the forum but have been a fan for sometime. I am a graphic design student at Bowling Green State Uni Just purchased a xs650 from a friend with plans to transform it into a cafe racer. Ive attached 2 pictures of the 650! Im working with a friend who has recently started...

Greetings. I recently purchased a 1975 XS650 with 15K miles, not running but in decent shape. Seems to have been garaged for most, if not all, of its life. I plan on making it into a cafe with a friend. We are just starting. One of the reasons we chose this bike is all of the great information...

Thinking about starting a cafe project this spring. I had some pages saved in my favorites then some how they got deleted and i dont remember most of them. They were probably a bit dated anyways. Who's doing the best glass work these days. Im trying to get a budget around and get an idea of what...